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The whole cage is not 150F what don't you understand ambient 80-90F. Surface temps 76-80F 85-100F, 95-115F and finally the top shelf 130-150F
I can leave my hand on there with my frail un plated skin and not burn, unless I left it on the shelf for several hours. I have worked in the sun at 104F where surface temps were all over 130F and I did not die or have my skin break out in deep burns.
The monitor keeping community is very secluded, yes there are idiots at shows and new keepers but seldom any good keepers who have kept monitors alive for decades (not just breed them and replace the dead adults). Some of the keepers I know of with the oldest monitors in captivity are the same herpetologist and field researchers I talk to, coincidence? No! scientist who dedicate their lives to saving reptiles tend to know how to breed them and keep them alive.
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when I was little I dreamed of giant snakes and dragons.... now I live with them.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: "Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."
Jurassic park
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